Dead teacher’s name appears in census training list in Barwani

Barwani: Name of a deceased teacher was included in a duty list issued for census training in Pati tehsil of Barwani.According to reports, the duty list was issued by Pati Tehsildar Babli Barde, who assigned 32 employees from education department for census training scheduled between April 27 and April 29.It was found that name of Santosh Malviya, a teacher from Primary School Rawatliya Faliya Chaklaya, had been included in the training list. He had died on April 13.After the discrepancy came to light, the administration revised the list and removed his name.Tehsildar Laxmi Barde said that the census training schedule had been prepared on April 10, and entries were made on the official portal based on the data available at that time. She said that Santosh Malviya was alive when the initial list was prepared and his name was included for a training session scheduled on April 13.Officials, however, couldn't explain how his name continued to appear in the order issue on April 24, even after his death.The tehsildar confirmed that a revised order was issued on April 25, after removing his name from the list.